Shit`s about to hit the fan?

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newmann 10/12/2015 8:22am
10/12/2015 8:22am
Obama just gave 112 pallets of ammo away. Why can't I just get 1 pallet delivered? Grenades too!

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/12/politics/syria-rebel-groups-ammunition-50…


(CNN)—U.S. military cargo planes gave 50 tons of ammunition to rebel groups overnight in northern Syria, using an air drop of 112 pallets as the first step in the Obama Administration's urgent effort to find new ways to support those groups.

Details of the air mission over Syria were confirmed by a U.S. official not authorized to speak publicly because the details have not yet been formally announced.

C-17s, accompanied by fighter escort aircraft, dropped small arms ammunition and other items like hand grenades in Hasakah province in northern Syria to a coalition of rebels groups vetted by the US, known as the Syrian Arab Coalition.



All pallets successfully were recovered by friendly forces, a U.S. official said.
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MR. X 10/12/2015 8:29am
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He wastes our time telling us we have a gun problem in our country but drops ammunition off by the plane load in other countries . This shit is not going to end well over there.
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dmc22tx 10/12/2015 8:56am
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Jonesboys819_828 wrote:
Those people over there have been fighting since the 7th century. They only seem to know power and absolute power. Pull everything out and turn off...
Those people over there have been fighting since the 7th century. They only seem to know power and absolute power. Pull everything out and turn off the funding of every country over. Then make it very clear that if the U.S. is attacked in any way shape or form then the response will be of biblical proportions. Then see who has the balls to do it.

Take all that money saved on aid to pay Vets and the things they need from all these proxy wars of the people in power.

/\ /\ /\ This!
Imagine the benefits to every US citizen if we stopped all foreign aid for just 5 years! Fewer homeless, newer infrastructure, tighter military, Vets with life long medical care.
Bring back all of our troops and assign them to domestic tasks. Ask a service member if they would rather serve and risk their lives in the desert in the middle east with no really accomplishment or help rebuild this country's roads and airports for future generations of Americans.

To our allies: "Hey guys, we have a national crisis here in the homeland. Trillions in debt, a diminishing workforce, etc, etc.. You guys are going to have to go it alone for five years until we get our own back yard cleaned up"

Crazy thinking?
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Dtat720 10/12/2015 9:03am
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You see the Middle East is an inferno now with that basic, withdrawl strategy.... Imagine pulling out from everywhere. The globe would implode. As much as people dont want to hear it, our forces really and truly keep the world stable. Without a presence, collapse would be pretty quick. China would fire on Japan overnight. Iran would annialate Israel overnight. USSR would be back overnight. Bad bad idea

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dmc22tx 10/12/2015 9:47am
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Point taken.
Isolationism with military may not be the path to go down. But is there an in-between solution perhaps? Do we need 700 bases in 63 countries?

My main point was (maybe I didn't state it as well as I should have) relating more broadly to financial support, of which military would be part.
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newmann 10/12/2015 2:51pm
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Russian weaponry is so good they literally have to deliver it through the front door of the snackbar!

https://youtu.be/p_KnT2yTsLI
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The Rock 10/13/2015 2:33am
10/13/2015 2:33am Edited Date/Time 10/13/2015 2:45am
Dtat720 wrote:
You see the Middle East is an inferno now with that basic, withdrawl strategy.... Imagine pulling out from everywhere. The globe would implode. As much as...
You see the Middle East is an inferno now with that basic, withdrawl strategy.... Imagine pulling out from everywhere. The globe would implode. As much as people dont want to hear it, our forces really and truly keep the world stable. Without a presence, collapse would be pretty quick. China would fire on Japan overnight. Iran would annialate Israel overnight. USSR would be back overnight. Bad bad idea
Please remember just who created this mess and process the fact if we'd never gone in we wouldn't need an exit strategy.

My hat is off to you on your Syria Russian US perspective but you've stubbed your toe thinking the US is a stabilizing force in the Middle East. The Israeli Palestinian issue was already jacked but apart from that the region was stable until we invaded Iraq.

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The Rock 10/13/2015 2:56am
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Jonesboys819_828 wrote:
Those people over there have been fighting since the 7th century. They only seem to know power and absolute power. Pull everything out and turn off...
Those people over there have been fighting since the 7th century. They only seem to know power and absolute power. Pull everything out and turn off the funding of every country over. Then make it very clear that if the U.S. is attacked in any way shape or form then the response will be of biblical proportions. Then see who has the balls to do it.

Take all that money saved on aid to pay Vets and the things they need from all these proxy wars of the people in power.

Did you miss the whole Bin Laden 9/11 the US bombing Afghanistan US invading Iraq etc thing?

Are you suggesting we use nukes to get "them" in order to qualify for a biblical response? I'm really not impressed when I read calls for more aggression. World is a little more complicated to think force is always the solution IMHO.

The reality is the US took the Bin Laden's bait and we got involved in two 21st century Viet Nams that have hammered us economically while our infrastructure crumbles and the middle class implodes. We are in debt to the Communists (man is that irony or what?) Saudis and Japanese for our Viet Nams. What is also ironic if not down right sad is Eisenhower saw it all coming fifty years ahead of time

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The Rock 10/13/2015 3:01am
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newmann wrote:
Russian weaponry is so good they literally have to deliver it through the front door of the snackbar!

https://youtu.be/p_KnT2yTsLI
How much would they have to pay you to have been one of those chopper pilots? Jeeepers creepers the beginning of the video is insane.

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